The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
FLORIDA'S METROPOLIS.
Meeting OF the County Commissioners
Theft Of a Revolver.


Theft CT Revolver.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Dec. S.-The
| County Commissioners were in session to-
day. The most important business outside
of the routine line was the opening of bids
| for the addition to the new court house
The iron work bids averaged $4,000 and
the mason work $4,000, making $1,000 TO
800. 900 fer the Job complete. Chicago, st.
Louis and Cincinnati parties competed.
| All the bids were referred to comm lttee
to report Saturday. The bids for the addi-
! ton to the County Clerks office averaged
50, 1876 to $1,000.
Among the passengers on the steamship
| Cherokee Tuesday was young man named
Edwin Marco. He was well dressed and
seemed respectable in everyway. lie TOOK
up his quarters at Mrs. D. C. Pratts', No.
rs West Adams street. Last night, owing
to the house being crowded, she put Marco
in a room with another young man, Mr..
Steele Early this morning Marco arose
and rllmaging around discovered Il hand
some silver-mounted revolver belonging to
Mr.. Steele, and left at once with it. The
theft was discovered soon after, but Marco
could not be found At noon to-day Mrs.
Pratt while walking down Bay street,
spied Marco, but he wholly denied all
knowledge of her, and started to run
A hundred people instantly gave chase and
he was caught. He then gave up the re-
volver and was taken to Justice Magllls
Office. Other articles are missing at Mrs.
Pratt's. At all examination before the
Justice he begged for mercy, and as Mrs
Pratt declined to prosecute him he was re-
leased. Marco was here last year as waiter
at a hotel and was engaged this season. He
gave no excuse for his uncalled for theft.
TAX LICENSE CASES.
In Judge Jones' court to-day only the
famous tax license cases were considered.
Sixty eight were nolle pressed, eight CON
tinued. and G. H. Jacoby and Ivers q Co.
were ordered arrested and to furnish 500
bail or go to jail. ii. Berlack was fined $40
and costs
The following order was signed in the
United States Circuit Court by Judge Settle
to-day: GAS there is no money in the hands
of the Marshal to pay fees for United States
witnesses, it is impossible to continue bust
ness on the criminal side of this court
with the proper presentation OF
the government cases. 1t Is therefore
ordered by the court that the grand jury
and all witnesses heretofore announced to
appear at this term of court on behalf OF
the United States be and they are hereby
discharged until the first Monday IN Janu-
airy next In the case of Bella H. johnson,
administrative, against the Atlantic and
West India Transit Company ct al, the
compliments petition to file a bill was de-
MED. The defendants are to recover costs
from the complainants.
The motion to file bill in the case of the
Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company
against the Florida Railway and Navigation
Company was also denied.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
The Democratic City and County Ex-
ecutive Committees held two hours secret
session this afternoon and formulated the
following ticket:
For Mayor: Frank W. Pope.
For Aldermen. First ward, John Coniff
and Rufus A. Russell; Second ward, w. T.
Delaporte and G. w. Kline; Third ward,
Gus Muller and Dexter Hunter; Fourth
ward, B. II. Hopkins and J. A. Huau; Fifth
ward, c.. r. Bisbee and D. G.. Amber;
Sixth ward, W. A. Middleton and 7. j.
Baya; Seventh ward, f. f. PEngle and
John H. Stephens; Eighth ward, Stephen
Weggins and John K. Spearing; Ninth
ward, L. W. Gillen and C. Hopkins. Being
party ticket it will have good support, but
the Knights of Labor are a strong factor
and will probably object to it.
The Republicans will put out a party
ticket also, it is rlmored, and the harmony
dish" is all upset.
A monster mass meeting is called for to-
morrow night at the park to indorse the
ticket The feeling tonight is that too
many irons are in the fire. The probabiii-
ties are that the fight will be made in each
ward, upsetting all the carefully prepared
plans of the politicians. The City Council
tonight appointed judges and inspectors of
election, and ordered that the official regis
tration list be used.